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Friday, September 28, 2012

Reader requested an interview on Yang Hyun Suk. While the allkpop article focuses on one specific question about his belief in the idol fad, the actual interview covered a wide range of topics from becoming a husband to parenting, etc, so the best replies probably aren't as specific as what you were looking for. They're more focused on him being a hsuband.

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About the idol fad thing...can we really call it a "fad" in SK? I don't see something like that fading anytime soon. The industry is transitioning generations, that's why everything seems so slow and boring right now. When groups from 2009-2010 become more grounded and established, things will fall into place. He has a right to his opinion but god damn is he pretentious...

^^i was also dubious of his opinion because he based that on the lackluster performance of rookies this year. it's in my opinion that everyone just wanted a piece of that hallyu/idol pie but lacks in making their rookies stand out. also, many of them are from small companies so it's an uphill battle for them to get their rookies 'out there'. hence very very few rookies this year so far had actual tangible success. and pls, when he debuts their SNSD counterpart a large part (though not limited) of the attention would be because it's YG and they are still going to be the formulaic idol group who sings, dances, raps and are pretty no matter how he says they are going to be different. i mean, how are they going to be different when they are an 'idol group'? but expect them to be very suave about their packaging like they did with 2ne1 where they try to break that fact that this group is just as manufactured as all other idols.

He said it as if the "fad" was over for good just because PSY is getting recognition, and praising his own idols in the process. He's wrong and pretentious for both comments respectively. Btw, even with solo singers around, there were still idol groups.

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